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but just campaigning around the country, it was clear to me, america has moved, man. >> obama's election to the presidency was seen by many of us as a triumph for america itself. ever since 1776, we had recited, almost as a prayer, our belief that all men are created equal. the election of 2008 elevated that well-understood creed to a practice of faith. but now obama had to meet the challenge of governing. the task of confronting the worst financial crash since the great depression. it would make his hard-fought campaign just the beginning. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. we have so much technology in our store to really show the customers what's going on with their bodies. this is your body there. you
but just campaigning around the country, it was clear to me, america has moved, man. >> obama's election to the presidency was seen by many of us as a triumph for america itself. ever since 1776, we had recited, almost as a prayer, our belief that all men are created equal. the election of 2008 elevated that well-understood creed to a practice of faith. but now obama had to meet the challenge of governing. the task of confronting the worst financial crash since the great depression. it...
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ohio is obama country. people have been voting here for a month. >> but his margins have gotten smaller. >> a little bit. it's been a four to five-point race for several weeks, and people have been voting for about a month. a good chunk of people in the states will have already voted by election day. >> big story on the front page of the "new york times." 2400 lawyers have fanned out across the state. you're doing that for a reason. >> we're always prepared for every scenario. we want to make sure that everybody who is eligible to vote has the opportunity to vote. >> a lot of people, you have to admit, though. and they're training other people to be poll watchers. seriously, how worried are you? and how many contestants, you know, votes might there be? >> we're not worried. we have every confidence that everybody who is eligible is going to be able to vote. but we always are prepared to vote. that's why we will have people across the country so people feel confident about that. >> let's talk about the job n
ohio is obama country. people have been voting here for a month. >> but his margins have gotten smaller. >> a little bit. it's been a four to five-point race for several weeks, and people have been voting for about a month. a good chunk of people in the states will have already voted by election day. >> big story on the front page of the "new york times." 2400 lawyers have fanned out across the state. you're doing that for a reason. >> we're always prepared for...
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voting is the best revenge. >> vote for love of country. >> no obama! he should resign! >> silence is deafening, but silence is also telling. >> do you still think that it's funny? >> president obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans? i would never imagine such a thing is funny. >> you know i tell the truth and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> so that's it. that's the election. it is your choice, america, because, for me, it is a win-win. if it's obama, america wins. if it's romney, comedy wins. >> let's welcome our panel here at democracy plaza. krystal ball is my colleague and co-host of "the cycle." carol finney is former communications director for the democratic national committee. and jonathan capehart is an msnbc contributor and "washington post" columnist. karen, we've had no less than six national tracking polls in the last 24 hours. >> okay. >> i tell you, i'm polled to death. >> i bet you are. we all are. >> but the story changes a bit when you look at the battleground states. while the national polls appea
voting is the best revenge. >> vote for love of country. >> no obama! he should resign! >> silence is deafening, but silence is also telling. >> do you still think that it's funny? >> president obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans? i would never imagine such a thing is funny. >> you know i tell the truth and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> so that's it. that's the election. it is your choice,...
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going to obama, iowa is a state where romney will have his best gains in the country where john mccain didn't in 2008. this was a 10 or 11 point race in 2008. now two, three, four would be a lot for obama. you can go back to 2004, bush won a squeaker. in 2000 gore won it by 4,000. iowa is two states. we say it's a progressive tradition. there's a ton of social conservative, religious social conservatives in western iowa and there's also a lot of these white working class middle class voters as a demo brafic have turned hard on obama across the country. iowa, they are particularly pronounced in that state. a lot more for romney to work with. your point is key, i mentioned this last week on the show. in the 1980s iowa was an exception. the national economy was strong. farm economy collapsed in iowa and iowa took it out on george bush sr. we might see the opposite where the economy is weak in a lot of places but stronger in iowa. >> iowa voted for revenge. interesting. >> great reason to vote. >> to your point that's why the social consciences that's why mike huckabee and rick santorum do
going to obama, iowa is a state where romney will have his best gains in the country where john mccain didn't in 2008. this was a 10 or 11 point race in 2008. now two, three, four would be a lot for obama. you can go back to 2004, bush won a squeaker. in 2000 gore won it by 4,000. iowa is two states. we say it's a progressive tradition. there's a ton of social conservative, religious social conservatives in western iowa and there's also a lot of these white working class middle class voters as...
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voting is the best revenge. >> vote for love of country. >> no obama! he should resign! >> silence is deafening, but silence is also telling. >> do you still think that it's funny? >> president obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans? i would never imagine such a thing is funny. >> you know i tell the truth and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> so that's it. that's the election. it is your choice, america, because, for me, it is a win-win. if it's obama, america wins. if it's romney, comedy wins. >> let's welcome our panel here t at democracy plaza. cyst to is my colleague and cohost of "the cycle." carol finney is former communications director for the democratic national committee. and jonathan is an msnbc contributor and "washington post" columnist. karen, we've had no less than six national tracking polls in the last 24 hours. >> okay. >> i tell you, i'm polled to death. >> i bet you are. we all are. >> but the story changes a bit when you look at the batt battleground states. while the national polls appear to be
voting is the best revenge. >> vote for love of country. >> no obama! he should resign! >> silence is deafening, but silence is also telling. >> do you still think that it's funny? >> president obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans? i would never imagine such a thing is funny. >> you know i tell the truth and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> so that's it. that's the election. it is your choice,...
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. >> strong numbers out today prove president obama has turned this country around and the republicans can't stand it. richard wolf and david k. johnston are here with analysis. >>> plus, bob with the latest numbers that look even better for the president. >>> turner on ohio's latest voting she in nanigans. >> this is freedom. >> we'll break down the down ballot republican clapts. >> the female bodies has ways to try and shut the whole thing down. >> good to have you with us tonight. this is the report we've all been waiting for. the exienl jobs report before the election is now out and it is all good news for the obama supporters. the united states added 171,000 jobs last month. expectations were around 125,000 new jobs. the unemployment rate is up .1% of a point to 7.9%. the reason behind the slight uptick is more americans joined the work force. this of course is good news. it makes october 184,000 jobs were added to the private sector. numbers for august and september were revised upward. the job numbers helped president obama make the case about the improving economy. >> in 2008 w
. >> strong numbers out today prove president obama has turned this country around and the republicans can't stand it. richard wolf and david k. johnston are here with analysis. >>> plus, bob with the latest numbers that look even better for the president. >>> turner on ohio's latest voting she in nanigans. >> this is freedom. >> we'll break down the down ballot republican clapts. >> the female bodies has ways to try and shut the whole thing down....
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president obama and mitt romney crisscrossing the country in a blur of nonstop events. we have two reports, nbc's peter alexander is in new hampshire today with mitt romney and nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is in house with president obama. we're going to start with the president, who is making four campaign stops in four different states. kristen welker is not campaigning. but she's making those four stops in four states, she is in mentor, ohio. kristen, good morning to you on this busy day. the president showing the importance of that state by coming back again today? >> oh, absolutely, alex. good morning to you. look, it is no surprise that president obama is kicking off the weekend here in ohio. this is really the cornerstone of his midwest firewall. if mitt romney can't win ohio, it is nearly impossible for him to win the presidency. and right now polls show that president obama is holding onto a modest lead here in the buckeye state. president obama made three stops here on friday. and really what was a campaign all-out blitz, two of those stops, by
president obama and mitt romney crisscrossing the country in a blur of nonstop events. we have two reports, nbc's peter alexander is in new hampshire today with mitt romney and nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is in house with president obama. we're going to start with the president, who is making four campaign stops in four different states. kristen welker is not campaigning. but she's making those four stops in four states, she is in mentor, ohio. kristen, good morning to you on...
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, and saying that the battle to defeat president obama is a battle for this country's freedom. at aally with mitt romney in florida today, they had that state's former republican governor, jeb bush, talking about president obama as a failure, his failure to bring this country together. at the same event, we had a republican state congressman tell parents that they should threaten to take halloween candy away from any children of obama supporters that they know tonight. he suggested it. i think the idea was he said that obama is a redistributionist, and so you can scare kids and their obama-supporting parents about redistribution if you steal the kids' candy. that was the tenor of the romney campaign today. even as they told the press corps that they were going to be very respectful and nonpartisan and refrain from attacking the president today. it was just a remarkable, remarkable day. a remarkable decision. i mean, president obama is expected to restart his campaign schedule tomorrow. but mr. romney did not want to wait for that. he started his campaign events today. i'm sorry
, and saying that the battle to defeat president obama is a battle for this country's freedom. at aally with mitt romney in florida today, they had that state's former republican governor, jeb bush, talking about president obama as a failure, his failure to bring this country together. at the same event, we had a republican state congressman tell parents that they should threaten to take halloween candy away from any children of obama supporters that they know tonight. he suggested it. i think...
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next to michelle obama, the most popular democrat in the country. nothing beats having a former president to affirm you. especially a guy like bill clinton who is a walking advertisement for good governance. people believe him on the economy. >> why is he doing it? why is he so fervored about it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is in a sense tied to barack obama's. because a lot of what he's saying is let's go back to the clinton economic plans or the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation of him in barack obama getting re-elected. and of course they did bring their two political powerhouse families together with the hiring of hillary clinton into the cabinet of barack obama. if you want to take the most cynical view of it, if hillary clinton wants to run in 2016, what better way to set that up. >> wait. we've got some huge loyalty markers that are going to be able to called in on this deal. >> absolutely. >> look, i think president clinton not only has he done the job for president obama, but the work that he's doing for
next to michelle obama, the most popular democrat in the country. nothing beats having a former president to affirm you. especially a guy like bill clinton who is a walking advertisement for good governance. people believe him on the economy. >> why is he doing it? why is he so fervored about it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is in a sense tied to barack obama's. because a lot of what he's saying is let's go back to the clinton economic plans or the clinton...
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the former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill out there. getting all the attention, but it's great. >> there is no better surrogate for anybody than bill clinton. he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clin
the former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's...
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. >> well, i live in the heart of obama country. i live on the upper west side of manhattan. >> and they're calm. >> no, they're not. not particularly calm, but it's because they believe this is a really important election. they think mitt romney would be a disaster for the country. so yeah, i think there's -- they still have confidence in the president, but they're worried that it's as close as it is this close to the election. >> i think there may be a shock, mika, that it's kind of like you, the first time it hits you after the first debate that mitt romney could actually win this thing. it was actually pretty shocking to you. >> shocking. we've got to go to a break, but now you have this massive storm coming. and who knows what will be left in its wake. and that could change everything. so adding to the uncertainty now, the potential natural disaster. our conversation with senior white house adviser valerie jarrett is ahead. also, connecticut -- >> it was great. >> that was fun. we had a very good time in new hampshire. >> you k
. >> well, i live in the heart of obama country. i live on the upper west side of manhattan. >> and they're calm. >> no, they're not. not particularly calm, but it's because they believe this is a really important election. they think mitt romney would be a disaster for the country. so yeah, i think there's -- they still have confidence in the president, but they're worried that it's as close as it is this close to the election. >> i think there may be a shock, mika,...
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the president obama campaign believes the countries demographics have changed the etor roert in your favor. the romney campaign believes you have the momentum to swing over. it's possible we are headed for a 50/50 split. it all comes down to nine states or seven or five? whatever the result. polarization is hardening. the house has changed hands three times in the last two decades. two of those times have been in the last six years. red states are getting redder and blue states are getting bluer. the even in the swing states, giving county maps that watch work look if you will. shifting demographics are changing, the makeup of the electorate in 1980 whites made up nine of every ten voters. but by 2008 that number dropped to 74%. one of tuesday's most important predictors will be that important makeup. it's very possible that the president could win with the lowest share of blue collar whites since 1984 ba the republican party is likely to get the lowest share of latino and african-americans in its history. we're a 50/50 country deciding whether taxes go up or down, how you get health
the president obama campaign believes the countries demographics have changed the etor roert in your favor. the romney campaign believes you have the momentum to swing over. it's possible we are headed for a 50/50 split. it all comes down to nine states or seven or five? whatever the result. polarization is hardening. the house has changed hands three times in the last two decades. two of those times have been in the last six years. red states are getting redder and blue states are getting...
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today president obama chris crossed the country starting in new hampshire. flying to florida and ohio for events. and ending the rally in colorado. governor romney began in iowa and held events in ohio and pennsylvania. he will end his day in virginia. president obama whipped voters into fever pitch on the trail. today, before record crowd of 14,000 in new hampshire. and then last night, it was another ruckus rally under virginia. >> now it's all up to you. it is up to the volunteers. it is -- it's up to somebody knocking on the door. it is up to someone making a phone call. it's up to someone talking to their mom or dad or their wife or husband or grandma or grandpa. and that's how democracy's supposed to be. it is up to you. you've got the power. and that's why i need you, virginia. don't get tired. don't get weary. if you're willing to knock on some doors with me and make some phone calls for me, grab some friends for me, turn out to vote for me, we'll win, virginia. we'll win this election. we'll finish what we started. we'll move forward. together we'll
today president obama chris crossed the country starting in new hampshire. flying to florida and ohio for events. and ending the rally in colorado. governor romney began in iowa and held events in ohio and pennsylvania. he will end his day in virginia. president obama whipped voters into fever pitch on the trail. today, before record crowd of 14,000 in new hampshire. and then last night, it was another ruckus rally under virginia. >> now it's all up to you. it is up to the volunteers. it...
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when the largest spanish newspaper in the country endorsed obama last week, they did it because of romney's economic pitch. why do they see it different than the rest of the country? >> this latest poll shows that 73% of latinos trust obama and the democrats to improve the economic situation. so the economy is the number one concern for latinos, and it has been for a long part of this campaign. they just do not buy the smaller government argument, and we know this from years of polling. latinos in general prefer a more active government, especially when it comes to health care, especially in terms of medicaid. so here latinos are not voting for the democrats for that one single issue for immigration. it's he economically driven like it is for the rest of lakt ra electorate. >> you talked about the battleground states. the president won the hispanic vote by about 2:1 in 2008. >> in florida its going to be really interesting to see bought of the diversity of the latino population there. it's not just the cuban base in south florida. since 2000 there's a booming population of puerto ricans in
when the largest spanish newspaper in the country endorsed obama last week, they did it because of romney's economic pitch. why do they see it different than the rest of the country? >> this latest poll shows that 73% of latinos trust obama and the democrats to improve the economic situation. so the economy is the number one concern for latinos, and it has been for a long part of this campaign. they just do not buy the smaller government argument, and we know this from years of polling....
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the former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and you just have to decide whether you think that's a good message. >> there's bill out there. getting all the attention, but it's great. >> he's very popular in florida. i'll tell what you else, bloomberg, he might as well also be the mayor of broward county. there are so many new yorkers who are dual residents. >> they still read "the new york post" because they think it's liberal. >> they still read "the new york post." florida has 22% independents, people who listen to bloomberg and clinton, and that fema thing i think is also going to hurt romne
the former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's...
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next to michelle obama, the most popular democrat in the country. nothing beats having a former president to affirm you. especially a guy like bill clinton. people believe him on the economy. >> why is he doing it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is in a sense tied to barack obama's. because a lot of what he's saying is let's go back to the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation of him in barack obama getting re-elected. and of course they did bring their two political power house families together with the hiring of hillary clinton into the cabinet of barack obama. if you want to take the most cynical view of it, if hillary clinton wants to run in 2016, what better way to set that up. >> we've got some huge loyalty markers that are going to be able to called in on this deal. >> absolutely. >> i think president clinton not only shas he done the job for president obama, but the work that he's doing for, on the down-ballot is just amazing. do you think he can swing some races? >> i think absolutely. if you look at -- i'm see
next to michelle obama, the most popular democrat in the country. nothing beats having a former president to affirm you. especially a guy like bill clinton. people believe him on the economy. >> why is he doing it? >> you know, i think part of it is that his legacy is in a sense tied to barack obama's. because a lot of what he's saying is let's go back to the clinton rates on taxes. there's an affirmation of him in barack obama getting re-elected. and of course they did bring their...
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president obama cancelled his event in florida. he had flown down to florida for the event before canceling both today's event and tomorrow's full schedule in wisconsin before flying back to d.c. this morning. back in the white house, the president was briefed by security officials. he also spoke to cameras himself. president clinton held president obama's campaign event in orlando without him. as well as a second event in ohio with vice president biden. the republican challenger mitt romney cancelled one of three campaign events on his schedule today. he did still address crowds in ohio and davenport, iowa. he held a town hall with voters in ohio by teleconference. but now romney's slate of events for tomorrow has been cleared. mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held one event in florida before cutting the day short and heading to his home in wisconsin. in terms of hurricane sandy's direct effect on next week's election, chuck todd reports tonight that the fema director craig foou gait has told states if they incur extra costs be
president obama cancelled his event in florida. he had flown down to florida for the event before canceling both today's event and tomorrow's full schedule in wisconsin before flying back to d.c. this morning. back in the white house, the president was briefed by security officials. he also spoke to cameras himself. president clinton held president obama's campaign event in orlando without him. as well as a second event in ohio with vice president biden. the republican challenger mitt romney...
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former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the message, and -- you just have to decide whether you think that's a good here it is, quote, "washington post," through all the flip-flops there's been one consistency in the campaign of republican presidential nominee mitt romney. a contempt for the electorate. how else to explain his refusal to disclose essential information, how other than an assumption that voters are too dim to remember what mr. romney has said across the years and months, to account for his breathtaking ideological shifts. within limits all candidates say and do what they have to say and do to win. mr. romney by contrast seems to
former president has been all over the country for obama. he's lost his voice he's working so hard. here he was in florida today. let's take a look. five stops down there. >> what president obama is saying, look at me, i'm always willing to work with republicans, i work with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with him on the budget. i tried to work with him on health care. and what they say is we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now, that's the...
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if you look, for example, at the people in the lowest fifth of income in this country, barack obama's tax policies and stimulative policies have cut their taxes more than any other administration in 30 years. and if you then look at that in the context of african-american communities for a range of reasons are more -- >> the lower fifth. >> -- moreover represented in that lower fifth than any other bracket is a boon. then on affirmative action this president sent his lawyers to the supreme court to argue in favor of it. he doesn't give big speeches on it and we can talk about what that means. my point was in taking this argument seriously let's look at the substance and the policies -- >> content of what he's done. >> exactly. he hasn't put an emphasis on it as race and he talks about it and contrast again to mitt romney who in reporting on this i looked into mitt romney's record. he was for and against affirmative action at various points in massachusetts. he actually rolled back to executive order affirmative action policies but reversed that. now despite inquiries from the "wall st
if you look, for example, at the people in the lowest fifth of income in this country, barack obama's tax policies and stimulative policies have cut their taxes more than any other administration in 30 years. and if you then look at that in the context of african-american communities for a range of reasons are more -- >> the lower fifth. >> -- moreover represented in that lower fifth than any other bracket is a boon. then on affirmative action this president sent his lawyers to the...
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. >> tonight pearl jm guitarist mike mccready on why the country needs to vote to keep obama care. 't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. it's been 72 hours and mitt romney remains silent on indiana senate candidate richard mourdock. he said at a debate that pregnancies that result from rape are a gift from
. >> tonight pearl jm guitarist mike mccready on why the country needs to vote to keep obama care. 't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power...
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we see more economic optimism in the country and yet people are still feeling like the obama record is lackluster and you look at the recovery still not feeling like it's robust enough. >> and you see it just in the raw consumer confidence numbers. you see consumer confidence trending up and the unemployment rate trending down and you see the deficit dropping year to year. you see things going in the right direction. people have to decide if they want to switch horses and go with a guy who is promising a fundamentally different way to go. if he's sort of an economic austerity, more european style of going or whether you think president obama is turning this thing around. that's the fundamental decision people have to make. >> the weird thing about this election is the country thinks we're in the wrong direction, and i think the most likely outcome is they re-elect everybody. we get a democratic senate, republican house. we get the same government we've had the last four years. and so to me the case that has to be made is we have had a rotten tax code, a dysfunctional politics, how are
we see more economic optimism in the country and yet people are still feeling like the obama record is lackluster and you look at the recovery still not feeling like it's robust enough. >> and you see it just in the raw consumer confidence numbers. you see consumer confidence trending up and the unemployment rate trending down and you see the deficit dropping year to year. you see things going in the right direction. people have to decide if they want to switch horses and go with a guy...
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. >> obama claimed in a muslim country that america is not a christian nation, said congress had better things to do when it reaffirmed in god we trust. better things than trusting god? like what? >> this is what a desperate campaign looks like. this is what it looked like when a candidate will go to anything that he can to win. no matter how objectionable, no matter how ugly. joining me now is richard wolffe, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com. and michelle cottle, washington correspondent for newsweek and "the daily beast." thank you both for being here. >> thanks, rev. >> michelle, it's not a surprise but it seem like we're in a phase where behind the romney smile is a very rough campaign? >> absolutely. we've got a few days left. we have entered the phase of the campaign where time and again you can go there and get the little bit of an edge and radio ads that are shocking, billboards that are deceptive, voter suppression, voter intimidation, whatever it takes. >> voter subpoena prek, voter intimidation. but linking the president to hugo chavez and say we don't believe
. >> obama claimed in a muslim country that america is not a christian nation, said congress had better things to do when it reaffirmed in god we trust. better things than trusting god? like what? >> this is what a desperate campaign looks like. this is what it looked like when a candidate will go to anything that he can to win. no matter how objectionable, no matter how ugly. joining me now is richard wolffe, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com. and michelle cottle,...
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in '08 obama won by 7 points. after a close election, poll trutherism could morph into election trutherism and in an attempt to secede where 49% of the country acts on the feeling they don't need to respect the president. right now the american family doesn't know how to agree to disagree. we are the divided states of america. art of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- taking care of your family's future expenses if something happens to you. it's easy. we get to know you and your needs, then give you our best quote and our competitors'.
in '08 obama won by 7 points. after a close election, poll trutherism could morph into election trutherism and in an attempt to secede where 49% of the country acts on the feeling they don't need to respect the president. right now the american family doesn't know how to agree to disagree. we are the divided states of america. art of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ]...
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now, in defense of president obama, i just want to remind the country tonight that he has had to put up with a record number of filibusters and has gotten no help from the republicans on anything. on anything. when it comes to jobs, and the economy is the most important thing. guess what, in new jersey, the economy just got a hell of a lot tougher. and it's all about leadership right now. and i hope that president obama and chris christie really by display giving an example to lawmakers who said that they were going to washington to work on behalf of constituents, because i think that we are seeing some real leadership right now, and i think that they can have an impact. and i think it would be good for constituents around the country now to ask the questions of those who are running for office, can you do what those two guys are doing? get your cell phones out? i want to know what you think. tonight's question. do you approve of the federal government's response following hurricane sandy? text "a" for yes, "b" for no to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll br
now, in defense of president obama, i just want to remind the country tonight that he has had to put up with a record number of filibusters and has gotten no help from the republicans on anything. on anything. when it comes to jobs, and the economy is the most important thing. guess what, in new jersey, the economy just got a hell of a lot tougher. and it's all about leadership right now. and i hope that president obama and chris christie really by display giving an example to lawmakers who...
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i think the obama campaign feels good about their early vote operations across the country, but it's hard to say. to hogan's point, one of the things that may happen here and both campaigns have to deal with it, it disrupts voter contact. so the folks that go door to door, the folks making phone calls, that might be harder if lines go down. the other thing is polling. when these campaigns are looking at decisions over the next week, where to spend their resources, in a state like virginia or new hampshire or ohio, it may be hard to poll folks during the course of this week. in a sense you're operating in the dark. but i think overall the obama campaign feels good about where they are from an early vote standpoint. >> aaccoccording to politico th president has retain the lead. on the flipside we saw a slate of mixed state polls that took place over the weekend. 49/49, complete tie right there. the virginia "washington post" poll has obama hanging onto the four-point lead and philadelphia enquirer, 49/42. two different polls here. minnesota is truly a 50/50 race right now. is that goin
i think the obama campaign feels good about their early vote operations across the country, but it's hard to say. to hogan's point, one of the things that may happen here and both campaigns have to deal with it, it disrupts voter contact. so the folks that go door to door, the folks making phone calls, that might be harder if lines go down. the other thing is polling. when these campaigns are looking at decisions over the next week, where to spend their resources, in a state like virginia or...
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>> listen, there's the love affair for barack obama from this country, as it is for many western countries still exists in high numbers. just as it did four years ago. there was a lot of hope and expectation around the obama presidency and it seems like canadiansa as you say between 65 and 70% is very high. canadians don't get to vote, though. >> that's true. thank you, peter mans bridge in toronto. i appreciate you joining me to chat about the possibility. >> all right, melissa. may have you have that pew teen. i sent some for you. >> bye bye, peter. after the break, we'll bring it back here to the u.s. and all the politicians dancing around the polls. ♪ these are... [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everything you've grown to love about sunday dinner into each of her pot pies. tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a crust made from scratch. marie callender's. it's time to savor. [ male announcer ] jill and her mouth have lived a great life. but she has some dental issues she's not happy about. so i introduced jill to crest pro-health for life. selected for people over 50.
>> listen, there's the love affair for barack obama from this country, as it is for many western countries still exists in high numbers. just as it did four years ago. there was a lot of hope and expectation around the obama presidency and it seems like canadiansa as you say between 65 and 70% is very high. canadians don't get to vote, though. >> that's true. thank you, peter mans bridge in toronto. i appreciate you joining me to chat about the possibility. >> all right,...
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and trump says, obviously he wasn't born in this country. i mean, bless his little heart, what is he talking about? >> well, obviously, right? my favorite thing about that trump announcement is when he said only a stupid person would believe that obama was not born in the united states. in any case, i think he's calling himself stupid in some way there. which i'm perfectly willing to believe and of course it's just offensive at this point for someone to sort of dangle $5 million in charity as a treat for someone who has to prove something he shouldn't have to prove and also at a time when i don't know, is there some cause that's been in the news recently, something that new yorkers could really benefit from if they got some money for it? it's just galling that he would use these arguments. they are preposterous. >> if i could say, one of my favorite moments of the campaign is president obama went on a late-night show and said, what does trump have against you and he said, oh, it goes back to our childhood together in kenya on the soccer fiel
and trump says, obviously he wasn't born in this country. i mean, bless his little heart, what is he talking about? >> well, obviously, right? my favorite thing about that trump announcement is when he said only a stupid person would believe that obama was not born in the united states. in any case, i think he's calling himself stupid in some way there. which i'm perfectly willing to believe and of course it's just offensive at this point for someone to sort of dangle $5 million in...
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president obama needs to call them on their bluff. i don't think they are going to drive the country off the cliff. >> here is the interview. people should go over the interview. i thought it was interesting. it was off the record. it's not like he said oh, my god, i can't believe he said that. he's more detailed and freer than on the stuff. this is him on using the simpson-bowles debt. i think we can get what is e give lent to the grand bargain that essentially i've been offering to the republicans for a very long time. $4 trillion deficit reduction and more ton out year. that is being very clear, assigning a number. do you see the republicans taking that deal if obama is reelected in that period of time? >> of course, president obama's budget he proposed didn't get to $4 trillion in cuts. it would be good to see the president get to that. if he did that, then there would be something to negotiate back and forth with. >> with this house, it's hard to see what is gained by putting anything in writing. more on the fiscal cliff, immigra
president obama needs to call them on their bluff. i don't think they are going to drive the country off the cliff. >> here is the interview. people should go over the interview. i thought it was interesting. it was off the record. it's not like he said oh, my god, i can't believe he said that. he's more detailed and freer than on the stuff. this is him on using the simpson-bowles debt. i think we can get what is e give lent to the grand bargain that essentially i've been offering to the...
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i said, what's the affect on obama care on your hiring plans? three quarters of them said it makes us less likely to hire people. >> i was having the same conversations governor romney talks about, and it wasn't just that small businesses were seeing costs skyrocket and they couldn't get affordable coverage even if they wanted to provide it to their employees. >> the candidates differ sharply regard on obama care's effect on small business. governor romney issed ament he'll try to repeal the affordable care act and replace it with state-run programs. the president insists the 2010 health care law will increase the number is of insured helping small business owners afford coverage for employees. taxes and health care, just two of many small-business related issues the candidates have addressed. so whose policies are better fit for small business owners? john is the founder and ceo of small business majority and small business national advocacy group, and great to see both of you guys. >> great to be here, j.j., thanks. >> good to be here, j.j. >>
i said, what's the affect on obama care on your hiring plans? three quarters of them said it makes us less likely to hire people. >> i was having the same conversations governor romney talks about, and it wasn't just that small businesses were seeing costs skyrocket and they couldn't get affordable coverage even if they wanted to provide it to their employees. >> the candidates differ sharply regard on obama care's effect on small business. governor romney issed ament he'll try to...
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that's great for the country. >> what would a loss mean for president obama's legacy? what would a win mean for mitt romney's political legacy? >> a loss for president obama would be problematic in that he could not turn the economy around fast enough. he will have a good item on his legacy that he was able to kill osama bin laden, but a win for romney he made debates matter. that was a pretty important thing in this general election that mitt romney was steadily headed toward a loss then brought his candidacy back because he was a good debater, which shows in part his fitness for office. >> the big three reveals the best and worst. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's time for medicare open enrollment. are you ready? time to compare plans and see what's new. you don't have to make changes, but it's good to look. maybe you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ medicare open enrollment. now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age wher
that's great for the country. >> what would a loss mean for president obama's legacy? what would a win mean for mitt romney's political legacy? >> a loss for president obama would be problematic in that he could not turn the economy around fast enough. he will have a good item on his legacy that he was able to kill osama bin laden, but a win for romney he made debates matter. that was a pretty important thing in this general election that mitt romney was steadily headed toward a...
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that barack obama is doing exactly what he said he was going to do and that is to turn america's economy around. it is turning around and denying it doesn't make it so. >> jimy williams and krystal ball, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> stay with us. much more ahead. >> there are no democrats and no republicans during a storm. there are just fellow americans. so uh this is my friend frank and his, uh, retirement plan. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we known each other? and that is to turn america's there are just fellow americans. . and that is to turn america's there are just fellow americans. . you realize the odds of winning are the same as being mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in the same day? frank! oh wow, you didn't win? i wanna show you something... it's my shocked face. [ gasps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] get a retirement plan that works at e-trade. >>> five days to go before voters hirt the polls and we're about to be carpet bombed with a sustained blitz of political advertising. nbc news reports the total ad spending in the presidential race is about t
that barack obama is doing exactly what he said he was going to do and that is to turn america's economy around. it is turning around and denying it doesn't make it so. >> jimy williams and krystal ball, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> stay with us. much more ahead. >> there are no democrats and no republicans during a storm. there are just fellow americans. so uh this is my friend frank and his, uh, retirement plan. one golden crown. come on frank how long have we...
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everybody in the country knows it was a democratic president and a republican governor. people want to see the parties working together. this indicated, contrary to what romney's saying, obama can work across the aisle though there's no aisle in new york city. >> somebody backing him -- >> people argue for years about whether chris christie sold out romney, whatever. the point is, the images of the parties working together. the role of government, the premise of the romney campaign is that we need small government, let the private sector do it. he actually said in a cnn debate to john king, privatize fema. >> right. >> consider turning it over the states. imagine if the states had no backing from washington in this crisis. imagine where they would be. so that's a subtext. i also think that the whole question of infrastructure and first responders and you know these -- >> government employees. >> -- government employees dewried by the republican party in the last couple of years and this again, nas 9/11, coming to the fore, understanding heroic quality and we need them, s
everybody in the country knows it was a democratic president and a republican governor. people want to see the parties working together. this indicated, contrary to what romney's saying, obama can work across the aisle though there's no aisle in new york city. >> somebody backing him -- >> people argue for years about whether chris christie sold out romney, whatever. the point is, the images of the parties working together. the role of government, the premise of the romney campaign...
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. >> tonight pearl jam guitarist mike mccready on why the country needs to vote to keep obama care. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. it's been 72 hours and mitt romney remains silent on indiana senate candidate richard mourdock. mourdock said at a debate earlier this week that pregnancies that result from rape are a gift from god. and mitt romney has publically shown he has no intention of cutting ties with the extremist candidate. romney has repeatedly ignored reporters' questions on the campaign trail. instead romney's campaign issued a weak statement of support for mourdock. then there's mitt romney's tv ad endorsing mourdock made one day before mourdock made this offending comment. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> that ad has not been taken down. in fact, today romney's senior adviser eric fehrnstrom would not interfere with mourdock's advertising. that's his decision when asked whether the campaign wants mourdock to remove the ads. he added that romney feels he's addressed the matter and doesn't plan to discuss it further.
. >> tonight pearl jam guitarist mike mccready on why the country needs to vote to keep obama care. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. it's been 72 hours and mitt romney remains silent on indiana senate candidate richard mourdock. mourdock said at a debate earlier this week that pregnancies that result from rape are a gift from god. and mitt romney has publically shown he has no intention of cutting ties with the extremist candidate. romney...
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bush which president obama has argued is exactly what got the country into the financial mess that it was in during the recession. tamron. >> kristen, speaking of change, the president has modified his stump speech according to david axelrod, a more affirmative tone, but also pointing out the vision of what they say they are fighting for. >> reporter: right. he had this new riff today, if you will, tamron, basically saying we have more work to do. he laid out what he has accomplished in terms of recovering the auto industry, improving the economy, getting osama bin laden, but also said, look, there's still a lot more work to be done. he repeated that phrase over and over again. essentially saying, give me four more years, and we will continue to get the work done that we started. we expect them to make a similar speech here when he arrives in this key battleground state of nevada. i'm told that eva longoria will be introducing him. she has, of course, been one of his big surrogates. she's helped rally latino voters. that is going to be key if he is to win on tuesday. so we expect him
bush which president obama has argued is exactly what got the country into the financial mess that it was in during the recession. tamron. >> kristen, speaking of change, the president has modified his stump speech according to david axelrod, a more affirmative tone, but also pointing out the vision of what they say they are fighting for. >> reporter: right. he had this new riff today, if you will, tamron, basically saying we have more work to do. he laid out what he has...
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because as the new yorkers said in their endorsement of barack obama, unlike a company, a country can't layoff its least productive citizens. it can't give up on them because we are in this together. and barack obama at bottom is a public infrastructure guy. not rust because he runs the federal government in his current job. but because he's had a philosophy for a long time for organizing to his work in the academy and that's what this is about. he got in there, he spent money, he renewed those businesses. and what you have on the ground in ohio right now is mitt romney running adds that the obama campaign was rebutting about pushing the lie and distracting people from the record. >> romney's narrative is i'm a good business guy so put me in charge of government. yeah, feel free to go run a business somewhere, but that is not the same thing as being good at running government. what i find interesting is what that means in terms of how the president is doing better in ohio among white voters. so we have in ohio obama doing 7 to 11 points better among white voters and white men specifical
because as the new yorkers said in their endorsement of barack obama, unlike a company, a country can't layoff its least productive citizens. it can't give up on them because we are in this together. and barack obama at bottom is a public infrastructure guy. not rust because he runs the federal government in his current job. but because he's had a philosophy for a long time for organizing to his work in the academy and that's what this is about. he got in there, he spent money, he renewed those...
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to move this country into a far extreme direction, it is not going to happen. >> president obama has an ad for connecticut's chris murphy. is the race closer? >> i think it is closer. i think what will happen in connecticut as well as in massachusetts, you know, these senate races, you know, it is not just in indiana and missouri where these candidates have hurt themselves and hurt the republican party. these have a hangover effect. and i think because, you know, a lot of moderate voters, one democratic base voters get mobilized, moderate voters get alienated. that's why i think senator brown will lose that seat. >> is barack obama a pretty good guy to talk about on the campaign trail with the job growth and a good report that just came out on friday today? >> depends where you are. i say in a lot of places he's much better to have on the campaign trail than he probably was a month or two ago, right? because everyone likes to have a good jobs news but particularly when you're talking about places like ohio, and wisconsin, you know, that's -- he's more, i think, welcome there than he
to move this country into a far extreme direction, it is not going to happen. >> president obama has an ad for connecticut's chris murphy. is the race closer? >> i think it is closer. i think what will happen in connecticut as well as in massachusetts, you know, these senate races, you know, it is not just in indiana and missouri where these candidates have hurt themselves and hurt the republican party. these have a hangover effect. and i think because, you know, a lot of moderate...
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we've had the same political story in this country for 12 years. we are an evenly divided country. the obama election in 2008 was a little bit of an exception because of the disaster in the bush years. you said we've gone back to the default or steady state. we've gone back to where we were in 2000. there's a story in the new york post how there might be a split. what does that remind you of? how many different ways can journalists and others talk about that story after 12 years. >> one thing on the momentum story, when they do that, they're playing against each other. they're leaving voters out of the equation. they're trying to convince each other they have momentum. in 2000 bush made a big deal of making a play in california. literally, that was playing to the gore team to get them to devote resources to places they didn't need to devote resources. nothing about voters. >> that's the strategic aim. there's a finite set of resources and you are deploying that in a strategic party in terms of do you put the marginal dollar in ohio, nevada, colorado. psyching them out has some actu
we've had the same political story in this country for 12 years. we are an evenly divided country. the obama election in 2008 was a little bit of an exception because of the disaster in the bush years. you said we've gone back to the default or steady state. we've gone back to where we were in 2000. there's a story in the new york post how there might be a split. what does that remind you of? how many different ways can journalists and others talk about that story after 12 years. >> one...
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and it's chump change and it helps make crystal clear that the choice that president barack obama is putting in front of the country and why they are discouraged or confused and that's why building the relationship and the block cap pens and volunteers that are pulling the vote, driving with vans to get people to early vote in ohio and milwaukee as we speak. it's so incredibly critical. >> mary kay, jamal simmons, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, uncovering the republican effort to suppress the vote in florida. there's a leak to the ugly past and we're revealing it tonight. the chairman of the florida republican party tells it all. next. [ male announcer ] red lobster's hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15, seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fasc
and it's chump change and it helps make crystal clear that the choice that president barack obama is putting in front of the country and why they are discouraged or confused and that's why building the relationship and the block cap pens and volunteers that are pulling the vote, driving with vans to get people to early vote in ohio and milwaukee as we speak. it's so incredibly critical. >> mary kay, jamal simmons, thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>>...
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. >> a tight race nationally but president obama maintaining a lead in swing states including florida, virginia and in ohio obama leads romney 50 to 45% among likely voters. he also has a huge advantage when it comes to early voters. among those who have already cast their ballots in the state, 60% of ohioans favor the president while only 34% voted for romney. meanwhile, team romney is pumping cash into states not expected to be competitive at this stage. the governor's campaign says it is seeing a resurgence in michigan, pennsylvania, and minnesota. the obama campaign is pouring cold water on that very theory saying it shows signs of a struggling romney campaign. quote, romney campaign desperate. putting up ads in pennsylvania and minnesota, prove he's struggling to find a new path to 270. that prompted the romney campaign to respond with a tweet of its own, spokesman ryan williams, quote, nervous. obama campaign says minnesota and pennsylvania aren't battlegrounds but running more than 1.1 million in ads there. the baaing and forth on twitter, ben. who to believe. i'll say this. mi
. >> a tight race nationally but president obama maintaining a lead in swing states including florida, virginia and in ohio obama leads romney 50 to 45% among likely voters. he also has a huge advantage when it comes to early voters. among those who have already cast their ballots in the state, 60% of ohioans favor the president while only 34% voted for romney. meanwhile, team romney is pumping cash into states not expected to be competitive at this stage. the governor's campaign says it...
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and it's certainly what the country needs. and it's what financial markets, frankly, are looking at washington for more of, an ability to get things done by crossing the aisle. >> so watching the news conference of chris christie and president obama, i was online as well, and sometimes i end up on twitter. i shouldn't look. but there were some really vitriolic comments about president obama and chris christie and why would chris christie do this. willie, i was surprised by that. even those on the far right, i would think they know that chris christie is not a pawn. he's not a puppet. they would know that he's not some sort of partisan idiot. he's a politician who runs the state of new jersey. he's going to do what's best for his state. did we not know that about him before? >> he's trying to get federal aid. and if that required a little rubbing the back of the president of the united states, he thought so be it. do you believe any of that, mark halperin, republicans, some of them have suggested that that chris christie is pos
and it's certainly what the country needs. and it's what financial markets, frankly, are looking at washington for more of, an ability to get things done by crossing the aisle. >> so watching the news conference of chris christie and president obama, i was online as well, and sometimes i end up on twitter. i shouldn't look. but there were some really vitriolic comments about president obama and chris christie and why would chris christie do this. willie, i was surprised by that. even...
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president obama and mitt romney chris crossing the country to crucial swing states. but the most campaign stops today, ohio. the campaigns are betting on the buckeye state for a win on tuesday. >>> we're live in midtown manhattan. day two at democracy plaza, headquarters to msnbc's election coverage. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." it's just past 1:00 p.m. here in the east. we begin this hour with some brand new polls including from four key battleground states. the final nbc news poll before the election shows president obama leading mitt romney nationally by one slim point, 48% to 47%. now the swing states. in new hampshire, a new university of new hampshire poll shows the race neck and neck with president obama and mitt romney both at 48%. in ohio, the new columbus dispatch poll shows president obama with a two-point edge, within the poll's margin of error. then in iowa, president obama leads a new des moines register poll by five points, 47% to 42%. mitt romney is e getting ready to rally a crowd in cleveland, ohio. he's scheduled to speak later on this hou
president obama and mitt romney chris crossing the country to crucial swing states. but the most campaign stops today, ohio. the campaigns are betting on the buckeye state for a win on tuesday. >>> we're live in midtown manhattan. day two at democracy plaza, headquarters to msnbc's election coverage. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." it's just past 1:00 p.m. here in the east. we begin this hour with some brand new polls including from four key battleground states. the...
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president obama arrived at red cross head quarters in washington, d.c. as relief ernts still continue. >> this storm is not over. we have gotten briefings from the national hurricane center. it's still moving north. there are still communities that could be affected. i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding and downed power lines, risks of high winds, so it's very important for the public to continue to monitor the situation in your local community, listen to your state and local officials, follow instructions. >> the president told officials to do whatever it takes to keep people safe and restore services. >> my instructions to the federal agency has been do not figure out why we can't do something. i want you to figure out how to do something. i want you to cut through red tape. >> nowhere is the power of sandy more apparent than in the coast of new jersey. atlantic city is under water. the boardwalk at seaside heights was obliterated. aerial footage shows miles and miles of destruction with no hope of salvaging lost property. the new jersey
president obama arrived at red cross head quarters in washington, d.c. as relief ernts still continue. >> this storm is not over. we have gotten briefings from the national hurricane center. it's still moving north. there are still communities that could be affected. i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding and downed power lines, risks of high winds, so it's very important for the public to continue to monitor the situation in your local community, listen to your state and...
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the close nest of this election tells you something about our country, how divided it. as you look at rockefeller center in new york, consider the national polling. the north, midwest and west back obama. the south is with romney, or is against obama. you can see this division as it works its way down from southwest pennsylvania, including part of ohio, down through west virginia. you see it in the agitation that romney and his forces are working in their ads and speeches. donald trump, who says is president is an illegal immigrant, now doing robocalls for romney. john sununu keeps calling the president lazy and un-american. and topping it off, we heard romney out here in ohio today saying the president is bent on, get this, revenge. let's begin tonight with my interview with vice president biden. i started with that high octane issue of auto production right here in ohio. >> thank you, mr. vice president, for this time. here we are in ohio. what do you make of this republican ad that's been out there running for romney saying that chrysler is going to take jeep out of
the close nest of this election tells you something about our country, how divided it. as you look at rockefeller center in new york, consider the national polling. the north, midwest and west back obama. the south is with romney, or is against obama. you can see this division as it works its way down from southwest pennsylvania, including part of ohio, down through west virginia. you see it in the agitation that romney and his forces are working in their ads and speeches. donald trump, who...
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also more importantly, colin powell is probably the single republican in the country who has the most gravitas and credibility with crossover voters, independent voters and with generally speaking nonideological people who admire his leadership and his judgment. even after the iraq war, colin powell is the rare figure in american politics who is very famous and widely respected not seen as being in anybody's pocket and whose opinion and endorsement particularly for middle of the road and potentially undecided voters really does just matter a lot. that is why that endorsements was so highly anticipated. this guy is the only other political figure in america who is anything remotely like that. michael bloomberg. new york city's mayor. he's an ex-republican and ex-democrat. he's now an independent. he's in his third term as the highly visible mayor of america's largest city. before it happened today, nobody expected michael bloomberg to make an endorsement at all in this year's presidential race. that's mostly because he said he wouldn't. back in june mr. bloomberg made sure to be overhe
also more importantly, colin powell is probably the single republican in the country who has the most gravitas and credibility with crossover voters, independent voters and with generally speaking nonideological people who admire his leadership and his judgment. even after the iraq war, colin powell is the rare figure in american politics who is very famous and widely respected not seen as being in anybody's pocket and whose opinion and endorsement particularly for middle of the road and...
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president obama came into office with a crisis on the scale of this current natural disaster. it required a heavy lift. from all players to get america back on track. republicans, where were they? well, they were not willing participants. journalist michael grunwald wrote, "vice president joe biden was warned not to expect any bipartisan cooperation on major votes. biden said, i spoke to seven different republican senators who said, joe, i'm not going to be able to help you on anything." his informants said senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had demanded unified resistance. the way it was characterized to me was for the next two years we can't let you succeed in anything. that's our ticket to coming back. what if we took that attitude right there to the storm damage and cleanup? now mitt romney said he's the guy who can reach across the aisle? not according to the most influential in washington, grover norquist. according to norquist, mitt romney is not supposed to do anything except what the republicans tell him to. >> we don't need a president to tell us what direction t
president obama came into office with a crisis on the scale of this current natural disaster. it required a heavy lift. from all players to get america back on track. republicans, where were they? well, they were not willing participants. journalist michael grunwald wrote, "vice president joe biden was warned not to expect any bipartisan cooperation on major votes. biden said, i spoke to seven different republican senators who said, joe, i'm not going to be able to help you on...
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administer that's capable, strong at the helm, like him, you know, president obama, rightfully plucked him away from us, but that means that the entire country, particularly the northeast now, gets to benefit from his expertise, from his organizational skills, from his good sense, and from his ability to turn on a dime when something essential is needed. in the aftermath of a storm, that kind of leadership is critical, as is the coordinating efforts of the state, local, and federal government. and another thing, martin, that's really critical is as the communities recover, as these municipalities recover, you know, they're going to go through a lot of clean up of debris and just generally getting roads cleared and ultimately, they're going to need, what happened at fema, ultimately makes decisions about reimbursement. because these municipalities, they don't budget for the expense of devastating natural disasters like this. so fema's involvement in making sure that we can make these communities whole again, quite literally, is really critical. >> congresswoman, you seem to be hinting a
administer that's capable, strong at the helm, like him, you know, president obama, rightfully plucked him away from us, but that means that the entire country, particularly the northeast now, gets to benefit from his expertise, from his organizational skills, from his good sense, and from his ability to turn on a dime when something essential is needed. in the aftermath of a storm, that kind of leadership is critical, as is the coordinating efforts of the state, local, and federal government....
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what president obama barack obama and the others brought with them was their government. you better believe that means the kind of big government that everyone has talked about like it was an assault on our country it's freedoms and future. this was the government the one that every one talked so tough about until they need it. >> it under lines something that we have been saying under the campaign. there is a fake debate about the size and roll of the government. it is who is it going to help and who is going to have a say in that government. how will be things be distributed in the hard of the argument? the question is it going to be there for folks that are poor and on medicaid. it is about who would benefit? >> the thing that has happened that has been painful is that fema seems to be working better than it did under george bush and obama has cut the red tape. that is not something that republicans thought was possible at the federal level. >> and how big a government does a big country need? how big a government does staten island need when it is under water tonight?
what president obama barack obama and the others brought with them was their government. you better believe that means the kind of big government that everyone has talked about like it was an assault on our country it's freedoms and future. this was the government the one that every one talked so tough about until they need it. >> it under lines something that we have been saying under the campaign. there is a fake debate about the size and roll of the government. it is who is it going to...
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in that election, is because the country writ large had ceased to be delighted by the george w. bush administration. and it was not just the war in iraq. or the great recession. or warrantless wiretapping. or torture, or, or, or, or, or. it was also stuff like this. this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism from 2003. every year the state department will put together a report like this detailing incidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this one, the one that was slated for 2004, showed that despite the bush administration's claims that we were winning the war on terror, despite those constant claims, the number of terrorist attacks had actually gone up to its highest level in the two decades the state department had been publishing this report. what was the bush administration's solution to that problem? their solution was to stop publishing the report. the push administration just eliminated that annual terrorism report once it included something very politically inconvenient. the bush administration had a habit of doing tha
in that election, is because the country writ large had ceased to be delighted by the george w. bush administration. and it was not just the war in iraq. or the great recession. or warrantless wiretapping. or torture, or, or, or, or, or. it was also stuff like this. this is the u.s. state department's annual report on global terrorism from 2003. every year the state department will put together a report like this detailing incidents of terrorism around the world. and the next report after this...
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came to power promising to bring the country together and, in fact, mitt romney is the guy do that. over this last three, four years, the president for all his efforts to reach out and find some compromise has been cornered into a position where he's been denied republican cooperation. so any endorsement, especially an endorsement at this point, even if it's an endorsement about a natural disaster, from a prominent republican, is really worth every piece of benefit that you can get because it says to independents, be it says to those moderate republicans, maybe this president isn't quite as polarizing as we thought. maybe there is a -- can't get the votes in congress what he wants to do he's not so unacceptable. that was mitch mcconnell's strategy. deny him a vote, make him look like a partisan figure and people will think he's unacceptble. chris christie who is not shy about calling people out, saying he's doing a good job and he's a democrat, then maybe he's not quite as extreme as some people on the right including mitt romney have said. >> you heard him say, chris fugate, not to
came to power promising to bring the country together and, in fact, mitt romney is the guy do that. over this last three, four years, the president for all his efforts to reach out and find some compromise has been cornered into a position where he's been denied republican cooperation. so any endorsement, especially an endorsement at this point, even if it's an endorsement about a natural disaster, from a prominent republican, is really worth every piece of benefit that you can get because it...
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. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> the two go toe to toe in key primary states. >> nbc news has declared mitt romney to be the winner in wisconsin. >> in early april, santorum out of money and hope exits. >> and we will suspend our campaign effective today. >> by the end of april, the prize is now his. >> because after 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights, i can say with confidence and gratitude that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility. and together, we are going to win on november 6th. >> with the republican party's choice clear, president obama's campaign goes back to the future. stealing a page from bob schrum's 1994 strategy for senator kennedy seeking to define romney before romney can define himself. the obama team goes after romney again on bain and calling on him to do what his own father did, release multiple years of his personal tax returns. >> i think bain is the beginning of a narrative arc. bain will be around i suspect for the whole campaign. so i think it's the found
. >> he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> the two go toe to toe in key primary states. >> nbc news has declared mitt romney to be the winner in wisconsin. >> in early april, santorum out of money and hope exits. >> and we will suspend our campaign effective today. >> by the end of april, the prize is now his. >> because after 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights, i can say with...
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president obama defends his first term agenda. that didn't happen. >> instead, what you're seeing is power of incumbency on display. obama's making the argument to keep the status quo simply by doing his job, whether or not that filters down into the states, you know, we'll see on tuesday. >> i'm going to make everybody do the battleground math when we come back. when was the last time a presidential election was held later than november 6th? the answer, this is not a joke, it was the 2000 election. only it took us forever to count the results. that election date started on november 7th. it didn't end until december 12th when the supreme court ended up stopping the count in florida. do you have a trivia question we should use on the show? e-mail us at dailyrundow dailyrundown @msnbc.com. whooo! [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> let's bring back the panel. there it goes. and his final campaign swing, and it could be, he says, it's his final campaign ever. this is it. final time he starts a five-d
president obama defends his first term agenda. that didn't happen. >> instead, what you're seeing is power of incumbency on display. obama's making the argument to keep the status quo simply by doing his job, whether or not that filters down into the states, you know, we'll see on tuesday. >> i'm going to make everybody do the battleground math when we come back. when was the last time a presidential election was held later than november 6th? the answer, this is not a joke, it was...
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the other is acting like the underdog, crisscrossing the country doing a blitz of television. here is the surprise. the roles are in reverse. governor romney is acting like an incumbent, like dick nixon, obama is acting like the challenger. what's behind both strategies? >>> while everyone was paying attention to the presidential race, very quietly and under the radar, the democrats have significantly improved their chances of holding control of the united states senate in a year when the democrats were supposed to be on the defensive. how did this happen? >>> see if you can recognize these voices from nbc's 1980 election coverage. >> now, solid blue practically all the way from the mississippi river westward leaving only oregon, washington, and arkansas, as you can see. >> beginning to look like a suburban swimming pool over there. >> a suburban swimming pool, that was tom brokaw and then david brinkley announcing ronald reagan's landslide election when we called republicans blue. there's a new e book coming out with video going all the way back to 1940. we'll have that on to
the other is acting like the underdog, crisscrossing the country doing a blitz of television. here is the surprise. the roles are in reverse. governor romney is acting like an incumbent, like dick nixon, obama is acting like the challenger. what's behind both strategies? >>> while everyone was paying attention to the presidential race, very quietly and under the radar, the democrats have significantly improved their chances of holding control of the united states senate in a year when...
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this is one country. we'll support all americans on this. this is not the time to politicize fema or something like that. >> that's exactly the reason why this conversation is so important. if you think that obama and rom my would do exactly the same thing, it's not a question about their behavior but their policies. the policy of one guy is saying we would cut the funding for the programs that actually providing emergency management assistance to people in need. the policy of another guy is saying we will actually help people in need throughout country. it's a funt mental question about the role of government. >> there's no question it is about the role of government, and i think this is a thing that government can do that the private sector can't do. when governor romney was talking about fema, he wasn't talking about getting rid of foiirst responders and fema. he wanted to operate it working better. >> he discussed privatizing as well. let me give the audience an important update on the numbers right now. 20,000 people in sux ses county,
this is one country. we'll support all americans on this. this is not the time to politicize fema or something like that. >> that's exactly the reason why this conversation is so important. if you think that obama and rom my would do exactly the same thing, it's not a question about their behavior but their policies. the policy of one guy is saying we would cut the funding for the programs that actually providing emergency management assistance to people in need. the policy of another guy...
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. >> obama's second term would be a rerun of the first and our country can't survive that. we need someone to turn it around fast. that man is mitt romney. there's not much time left and the future of our country is at stake. >> at least the president gets to appear as himself rather than an empty chair. rove is betting on this kind of spending. people don't spend money to advise unless they think it's going to make a difference. talk about 501(c)(4)s that citizens united unleashed on this campaign. >> 501(c)(4) is another word for a charity. it's a social welfare organization that can spend money on lobbying or on influencing elections. it can only spend up half to this money influencing elections. in the citizens united case back in 2010, allowed those organizations to take it a step further and use corporate money to spend directly in the middle of elections, corporate and union money to say vote for or vote against. now, this money is not new in politics. it just exploded. the court decision wiped away the gray area in our campaign finance law. so now there are no limit
. >> obama's second term would be a rerun of the first and our country can't survive that. we need someone to turn it around fast. that man is mitt romney. there's not much time left and the future of our country is at stake. >> at least the president gets to appear as himself rather than an empty chair. rove is betting on this kind of spending. people don't spend money to advise unless they think it's going to make a difference. talk about 501(c)(4)s that citizens united unleashed...
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let's talk about bill clinton and barack obama. this new duo. let's take a look at them. praising each other on the campaign trail. >> let me just say, president clinton has been traveling all across the country for this campaign. he has been breaking it down so well that people tell me i should ask him to be secretary of explaining stuff. >> the only clinton working harder than him is -- our secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> he's been a good commander-in-chief, a good decider in chief. a proven cooperator, because he got better plans for the future, because you and your children and our country will be better off, i strongly recommend that we re-elect the next president of the united states -- the current current president. united states, our president, barack obama. >> ruth marcus, you and i were on the road throughout 1992. and he still has that spirit, campaigning for of all people, barack obama. >> and you know, i've been having flashbacks to that last day of the '92 campaign where he literally campaigned around the clock before ending up in little rock on elec
let's talk about bill clinton and barack obama. this new duo. let's take a look at them. praising each other on the campaign trail. >> let me just say, president clinton has been traveling all across the country for this campaign. he has been breaking it down so well that people tell me i should ask him to be secretary of explaining stuff. >> the only clinton working harder than him is -- our secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> he's been a good commander-in-chief, a good...
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quote, while governor romney promotes the same policies that failed our country and ran the middle class into the ground and calls it change president obama will point the way forward to real change that will boost the middle class and create a stronger future for all americans. couple of interesting things here, bill schneider pushing back against the idea that romney represents change and an appeal as well to the middle class. how effective is that closing argument? >> well, basically he's arguing don't go backwards we want to go forward. that's the theme of his campaign. but we're hearing something also interesting in these closing arguments. both sides are claiming they can deliver unity. that's something that got president obama elected. remember when he first gave a speech in 2004 at the democratic convention he said there's no liberal america, there's no conservative america, there's the united states of america. he's going back to that argument and the terrible storm sandy the hurricane actually helped him make that argument because he got praise from two republican governors of
quote, while governor romney promotes the same policies that failed our country and ran the middle class into the ground and calls it change president obama will point the way forward to real change that will boost the middle class and create a stronger future for all americans. couple of interesting things here, bill schneider pushing back against the idea that romney represents change and an appeal as well to the middle class. how effective is that closing argument? >> well, basically...
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he is not the leader of the country. he wants the job and also out there coampaigning at this poin and perhaps reluctance of any to the president. >> i think governor romney has diminished himself the last couple of days. it made sense to stay in ohio but doing a canned food drive trying to get in the action and never really quite worked. if you're president of the united states, you want to show people how you'd act and important to do what chris christie did. mitt romney would have gone further to say i'm behind the president. we are americans right now. his leadership is important for our country and taking the high road. instead he was looking in my view for a bit of an opening and as you have mentioned the ad in ohio general motors and chrysler, hardly liberals, just pounced on romney. it was really stunning to try to do that and it's not been a good few days for mitt romney and you feel that the president's regained momentum. he was losing even this past sunday. >> thank you so much. i'm sure we'll see you soon. as
he is not the leader of the country. he wants the job and also out there coampaigning at this poin and perhaps reluctance of any to the president. >> i think governor romney has diminished himself the last couple of days. it made sense to stay in ohio but doing a canned food drive trying to get in the action and never really quite worked. if you're president of the united states, you want to show people how you'd act and important to do what chris christie did. mitt romney would have gone...
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planning to vote for obama are more optimistic. people who are more pessimistic, republican voters are the republicans. and so you end up having this dichotomy, or in some respects it actually almost has a 50/50 split which is actually mirrored by a lot of the national polls that show this contest to be incredibly close. i would say, and when you actually add the economic data we saw on friday from the jobs report, mitt romney's task is a little bit harder because he is actually saying, look, this has been a rough last four years, and it's time to actually good days are ahead, but the argument when you actually look at all the statistics that are out there, things are moving in the right direction as far as things are much better than they were four years ago, and even if mitt romney ends up winning the presidency on tuesday, he will end up inheriting a much better economy than president obama did four years ago. >> that's interesting, eugene. several months ago there was an article that said insiders in the obama team were mortifi
planning to vote for obama are more optimistic. people who are more pessimistic, republican voters are the republicans. and so you end up having this dichotomy, or in some respects it actually almost has a 50/50 split which is actually mirrored by a lot of the national polls that show this contest to be incredibly close. i would say, and when you actually add the economic data we saw on friday from the jobs report, mitt romney's task is a little bit harder because he is actually saying, look,...
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he's in charge of the country and therefore, in charge of the response in many ways. so this is, this is a natural thing and probably a pretty appropriate step for both campaigns. >> alex roarty and joanne reed. we'll have to leave it there and we'll bring you back later in the hour. folks, perhaps you can hear behind me, the gospel music that has filled the air here in gainesville over the past few hours. and also the smell of barbeque ribs, we'll have more on what they're doing here in gainesville to turn out the vote. as they begin early voting here in the sunshine state this weekend. up next, we'll bring you the latest on the path of hurricane sandy. you're watching msnbc. renaissance fairs, haunted houses and nightclubs, he hawks from his bone shop cart. selling bones, skulls and other items. carney hooks and engages and sells through performance and mirroring potential customer temperments. managing my diabetes is part of my life, between taking insulin and testing my blood sugar... is this part of your life? freestyle lite test strips? why, are they any... beep
he's in charge of the country and therefore, in charge of the response in many ways. so this is, this is a natural thing and probably a pretty appropriate step for both campaigns. >> alex roarty and joanne reed. we'll have to leave it there and we'll bring you back later in the hour. folks, perhaps you can hear behind me, the gospel music that has filled the air here in gainesville over the past few hours. and also the smell of barbeque ribs, we'll have more on what they're doing here in...
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president obama's doing what he has to do. it's important for the country. >> thank you so much. thanks for what you're doing for all of your folks and good luck to you. >> thank you. >> in the district. airports are shut down by hurricane sandy but beginning to resume operations slowly. this morning, laguardia airport, completely flooded during the storm, reopened limited service office jfk and newark opened. tom kos tell la made his way to laguardia overnight. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: this is the good news. actual -- we've got passengers. we've got people pulling up to the curbs and importantly planes on the ramps. we were here with the first plane landed here at laguardia. two runways here running and operational. delta planes here, american, air tran p so the big players are moving in. us airways hoping they can get up and running tomorrow. it's a truncated schedule today. it's not a full operation. but the hope is, it's a start and it will continue over the coming days. jfk and newark, also of course up and running. let me show you what they had to overcome he
president obama's doing what he has to do. it's important for the country. >> thank you so much. thanks for what you're doing for all of your folks and good luck to you. >> thank you. >> in the district. airports are shut down by hurricane sandy but beginning to resume operations slowly. this morning, laguardia airport, completely flooded during the storm, reopened limited service office jfk and newark opened. tom kos tell la made his way to laguardia overnight. what are you...
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they openly brag about that, you know, their plan is to make president obama a one-term president. they kill compromise deals, brokered between democrats and republicans. this is the party mitt romney will lead if he's president. he won't reach across the aisle. he'll turn his back on the folks on the other side of the aisle. and it will be more of the same. mitt romney has no plan for taxes. he can't be direct on that. he has no plan when it comes to repealing obama care and what he's going to replace it with. and what about immigration? which in these last few weeks hasn't gotten a whole lot of attention. he has no plan for america. and now he's going to be the guy who's going to reach across the aisle? get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. who do you trust to work with the other side? text "a" for president obama, text "b" to mitt romney to 622639. always to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight, karen finney, msnbc political analyst and former communications director of the dnc. kare
they openly brag about that, you know, their plan is to make president obama a one-term president. they kill compromise deals, brokered between democrats and republicans. this is the party mitt romney will lead if he's president. he won't reach across the aisle. he'll turn his back on the folks on the other side of the aisle. and it will be more of the same. mitt romney has no plan for taxes. he can't be direct on that. he has no plan when it comes to repealing obama care and what he's going to...
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. >>> very sadly for the country, for a charity, and for the president himself, president obama has just missed the deadline and now a charity of his choice will not be receiving $5 million. in fact, just the opposite, he spent millions of dollars in legal fees to keep his records secret. there's a total lack of transparency. some day those papers will come out and people will say, you know what, donald trump was right. this is a very, very sad day for the united states of america. >> four days after a natural disaster struck the eastern seaboard, crippling a global metropolis, gutting infrastructure, leaving more than 90 dead and millions without power, donald trump, a lunatic birther disguised as real estate mogul has issued a proclamation from the 856th floor of his luxury apartment where he nests atop the city recovering from destruction and one day his message is, people will say donald trump is right. this is a very sad day for the united states of america. might i humbly offer a rejoineder. when offered $5 million for the services of trash collection intended to undermine the repu
. >>> very sadly for the country, for a charity, and for the president himself, president obama has just missed the deadline and now a charity of his choice will not be receiving $5 million. in fact, just the opposite, he spent millions of dollars in legal fees to keep his records secret. there's a total lack of transparency. some day those papers will come out and people will say, you know what, donald trump was right. this is a very, very sad day for the united states of america....
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more than 18,000 flights across the country have been canceled. this photo from the jetblue terminal at laguardia airport shows why. president obama arrived at red cross headquarters in washington, d.c. as relief efforts continued. >> this storm is not yet over. we've gotten briefings from the national hurricane center. it is still moving north. there are still communities that could be affected and so i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding. there are still risks of downed power lines, risks of high winds and so it is very important for the public to continue to monitor the situation in your local community, listen to your state and local officials, follow instructions. >> the president told relief agency officials to do whatever it takes to keep people safe and restore services. >> my instructions to the federal agency has been do not figure out why we can't do something. i want to you figure out how we do something. i want you to cut through red tape. i want you to cut through bureaucracy. >> nowhere is the power of sandy more impor
more than 18,000 flights across the country have been canceled. this photo from the jetblue terminal at laguardia airport shows why. president obama arrived at red cross headquarters in washington, d.c. as relief efforts continued. >> this storm is not yet over. we've gotten briefings from the national hurricane center. it is still moving north. there are still communities that could be affected and so i want to emphasize there's still risks of flooding. there are still risks of downed...
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romney is more of a flexible flip-flopper than obama. he has more influence over the most intransigent element in the washington e kwaugs house republicans. that's the strangest endorsement. the guy has no backbone. he's our guy. what an amazing statement by david brooks. >> what about the shape-changing experience? >> that's the point. he was the sister soldier when he thought the lyrics went too far. this guy has never stood up to the right. >> brooks goes on to say that he thinks only mitt romney can make congress cooperate. i think this is really a very, very dangerous idea that unless one side gets it's way, they are not going to cooperate. the public is fed up with this. they really want congress to cooperate with the new president, no matter who it is. >> the republicans are running for the senate now mourdock and akin. they are all further right than mitch mcconnell. they are going to join the demint crowd. >> the comments made earlier in the campaign are going to come back to haunt romney. i'm the washington eisenhower. >> they
romney is more of a flexible flip-flopper than obama. he has more influence over the most intransigent element in the washington e kwaugs house republicans. that's the strangest endorsement. the guy has no backbone. he's our guy. what an amazing statement by david brooks. >> what about the shape-changing experience? >> that's the point. he was the sister soldier when he thought the lyrics went too far. this guy has never stood up to the right. >> brooks goes on to say that he...
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than there is in the rest of the country and in the rest of the battleground map. that is remarkable to the point of irony. because there was already so much uncertainty about virginia. when president obama won virginia in 2008, it was more than just a big political deal. it was historic. this was the first time a democrat had won virginia in a race for the presidency since 1964. virginia had been red for more than four decades. president obama's victory in virginia in the last election reflects just a historic change. virginia is a state that's in flux. the political history of virginia does not tell you much about what's going to happen next in virginia, because frankly what just happened in virginia in the last election was totally unprecedented in modern history. virginia is in new territory. and then what happened after the 2008 election was still further new territory. still more change. which makes the state all the more unknowable right now. in 2009 the year after it went blue in the presidential election for the first time in 44 years, in 2009, the state d
than there is in the rest of the country and in the rest of the battleground map. that is remarkable to the point of irony. because there was already so much uncertainty about virginia. when president obama won virginia in 2008, it was more than just a big political deal. it was historic. this was the first time a democrat had won virginia in a race for the presidency since 1964. virginia had been red for more than four decades. president obama's victory in virginia in the last election...
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in the real world, barack obama's policies work better. >> he's unbelievable. anyway, does our extreme weather we're facing right now in the northeast from droughts and wildfires actually across the country, now hurricane sandy, make the case that manmade global warming is not only real but is having an effect. ed markey is the top democrat on the natural resource congress and senior member of the energy and commerce committee. michael oppenheimer is a professor of scientific affairs at princeton university. i want to start with professor oppenheimer. simply put, when you look at hurricane sandy, which is a funny name for something hitting our beaches and causing such havoc, do you see climate change, manmade climate change in action, in the face? >> this is definitely the kind of thing we expect to see more of in the future, but in addition, while global warming didn't cause hurricane sandy, it almost surely made the impact worse, and that's because sea level has been rising for the last century due to global warming, and when this huge storm came along at hig
in the real world, barack obama's policies work better. >> he's unbelievable. anyway, does our extreme weather we're facing right now in the northeast from droughts and wildfires actually across the country, now hurricane sandy, make the case that manmade global warming is not only real but is having an effect. ed markey is the top democrat on the natural resource congress and senior member of the energy and commerce committee. michael oppenheimer is a professor of scientific affairs at...
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change but he says he's not sure manmade causes are the reason. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. >> i believe scientists. >> sandy could wind up being the october surprise. >> i have to get back to d.c. because of the storm. >> every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. and if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. >> does it show a side of disarray or discontent within the obama re-election campaign that he comes down here, doesn't do anything, and flies back. >> i am not worried at this point about the im35k9 on the election. >> you with pull hearts and clear eyes can see what's happening across the country right now and on the eastern coast of our nation, a lot of people are encuring some very difficult times. >> the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives. >> we're counting on ohio. i know the people of the atlantic coast are co
change but he says he's not sure manmade causes are the reason. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. >> i believe scientists. >> sandy could wind up being the october surprise. >> i have to get back to d.c. because of the storm. >> every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. and if you can go even further and send it back to the private...
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an endorsement, of course, from mayor michael bloomberg for president obama. that's great, right? >> it is a fine endorsement. jon meacham, you're an historian. have you heard of an endorsement of a candidate that goes on to read this way? if the 1994 or 2003 version of mitt romney were running for president, i may well have voted for him. because like so many other independents, i have found the past four years to be, in a word, disappointing. >> wait. >> so i don't know that there's going to be a big photo op or a big appointment in the offing. but that's the bloomberg brand. >> that's kind of why we love him. >> it's why having $25 billion is, you know -- >> liberating. >> a sense of self-confidence. he's matured in office. he's evolved, as we say. you know, he's picked theories of national and international issues, whether it's guns or climate change he's been working on for a long time. and it's a classic bloomberg thing. i think it's safe to say that mayor bloomberg believes in his heart of hearts that the best possible president would be mayor bloomberg. but that is not goi
an endorsement, of course, from mayor michael bloomberg for president obama. that's great, right? >> it is a fine endorsement. jon meacham, you're an historian. have you heard of an endorsement of a candidate that goes on to read this way? if the 1994 or 2003 version of mitt romney were running for president, i may well have voted for him. because like so many other independents, i have found the past four years to be, in a word, disappointing. >> wait. >> so i don't know that...
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as a matter of fact, in 2008, the obama team had a 10% advantage on early vote nationwide. what we are seeing in these battleground states and across the country in this cycle is that that advantage is still there but much smaller, less than 4% advantage to the democrats so far in early voting. what the republicans are trying to do in key states like florida, especially ohio, is just do everything they can to improve upon their performance four years ago and mccain's performance four years ago. to have a really vigorous get out the vote effort on election day. >> i want to continue this conversation about early voting. let's move to ohio now. "time" magazine found this week that among voters in ohio who have not yet cast ballots, the race is tied 45%-45%. among those who already voted, the president has a 30-point edge. in 2008 about 1/3 of ohio voters cast their ballots early. how worrisome is that to the romney team? >> if those numbers were accurate, that is a very strong for the obama team. he had a 20% advantage in ohio in early vote in 2008. so far, the numbers that t
as a matter of fact, in 2008, the obama team had a 10% advantage on early vote nationwide. what we are seeing in these battleground states and across the country in this cycle is that that advantage is still there but much smaller, less than 4% advantage to the democrats so far in early voting. what the republicans are trying to do in key states like florida, especially ohio, is just do everything they can to improve upon their performance four years ago and mccain's performance four years ago....
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and barack obama says he's going to extend them and give the same kind of breaks to solar going out into the future. the president's epa is looking at the regulation of green house gases and mitt romney is saying, absolutely not. so, issue after issue, one after another, there is a big dividing line between these two people, and for anyone who thinks that there will be no difference if they elect one or the other on this issue, they could not be more wrong. okay? this is a stark difference and it's going to actually impact how many people in the future die, how many people in the future have their lives changed unalterably by climate change here in the united states, not around the world, here in our country. >> congressman there's a bunch of questions for you here at the table. i want to take a quick break and bring you into the discussion right after this. follow the wings. ♪ these are... [ male announcer ] marie callender's puts everything you've grown to love about sunday dinner into each of her pot pies. tender white meat chicken and vegetables in a crust made from scratch. marie
and barack obama says he's going to extend them and give the same kind of breaks to solar going out into the future. the president's epa is looking at the regulation of green house gases and mitt romney is saying, absolutely not. so, issue after issue, one after another, there is a big dividing line between these two people, and for anyone who thinks that there will be no difference if they elect one or the other on this issue, they could not be more wrong. okay? this is a stark difference and...
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up next, both obama and romney back on the trail. "time" has special coverage of this newsmaking week for the country. and their michael crowley will join us as "the cycle" rolls on for thursday, november 1st. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about low-cost investing. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have the lowest tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 operating expenses tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 in their respective tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lipper categories. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lower than spdr tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and even lower than vanguard. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that means with schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 your portfolio has tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 a better chance to grow. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and you can trade all our etfs online, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 commission-free, from your schwab account. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 so let's t
up next, both obama and romney back on the trail. "time" has special coverage of this newsmaking week for the country. and their michael crowley will join us as "the cycle" rolls on for thursday, november 1st. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about low-cost investing. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have...
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and country music's randy owen. if the serious aftermath of this hurricane runs into this weekend then for all practical purposes the candidates may have already made their closing arguments to the voters. what they have to say now may not be heard over the storm coverage. team obama's last public act took place in ohio while the president was in washington. >> we went to florida last night and he got up this morning and called me and said, i've got to go back right now. the storm is getting out of hand i have to handle it. i said, mr. president, that's the right call. >> i just want you to know, he asked me to express his regrets for not being able to be here but, you know, he's doing the job a president should be doing. >> mitt romney's last come pain event was today in iowa. >> i want to take a moment before we begin just to think about what's happening on the coast, the east coast of our country right now. i was speaking today with the national weather service and with folks at fema as their preparing for the la
and country music's randy owen. if the serious aftermath of this hurricane runs into this weekend then for all practical purposes the candidates may have already made their closing arguments to the voters. what they have to say now may not be heard over the storm coverage. team obama's last public act took place in ohio while the president was in washington. >> we went to florida last night and he got up this morning and called me and said, i've got to go back right now. the storm is...
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. >> in his closing arguments, president obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. for revenge. instead, i ask the american people to vote for love of country. >> chris, does anybody buy that -- >> where did that line come from? >> effectively, the president said -- the president has been doing this thing, he'll talk about romney and people will boo. he says don't boo, vote. at one rally, he said voting is the best revenge. if we're talking about tactics that show a -- >> i've got to be careful, but this might fit with running robocalls with donald trump. having sununu as your chief surrogate. there's been a bad side to the romney campaign. he can talk sweetly about bipartisanship, but mind the curtains, he's got -- he's donald trump's best friend. he's putting people out there like sununu to talk the dirty talk. they haven't once pushed back from it. it's always been the undercutting of this campaign. this talk about revenge is to scare people. you know what it is. we thought we got past it. it's there. >> it's a shame that's part of the closing argument that romne
. >> in his closing arguments, president obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. for revenge. instead, i ask the american people to vote for love of country. >> chris, does anybody buy that -- >> where did that line come from? >> effectively, the president said -- the president has been doing this thing, he'll talk about romney and people will boo. he says don't boo, vote. at one rally, he said voting is the best revenge. if we're talking about tactics that show...
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president obama has caught up in that regard to a large degree, but there are still gaps to be closed in my judgment, andrea. my guess is it's going to be very, very close but it could all turn around on tuesday and go one way or the other for either candidate. >> indeed. you cannot count for human nature. they are the voters. we're talking about real people and millions of them, hundreds of millions of them. thank you so much, tom brokaw. >> all right, andrea. >> thank you. indeed. you should. >> and new york city mass transit expected to start moving again in just over an hour. we'll be live in manhattan. first in staten island a dramatic scene. the nypd was called in to rescue people trapped on their rooftops by rising water. five adults and one child were saved from their home. [ male announcer ] do you have the legal protection you need? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to turn for your legal matters. maybe you want to incorporate a business you'd like to start. or protect your family with a will or living trust. legalzoom makes it easy with step-by-step help when compl
president obama has caught up in that regard to a large degree, but there are still gaps to be closed in my judgment, andrea. my guess is it's going to be very, very close but it could all turn around on tuesday and go one way or the other for either candidate. >> indeed. you cannot count for human nature. they are the voters. we're talking about real people and millions of them, hundreds of millions of them. thank you so much, tom brokaw. >> all right, andrea. >> thank you....
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you talk about a divided government and a divided country? boy, oh boy. >> oh my gosh. i poured over that one. i'm right there with you. what about yours? >> i have a piece in the "new republic" about tag romney. i believe that family members should be left out of the discussion in terms of a demeaning personal stories or what it says about the candidate. but there's something about the romney family history and the wealth they have and the advantages it's given them that they're not aware of that i think the story gets to the bottom to. >> that sounds interesting for a sunday afternoon. how about you, anne, your must-read? >> by my colleagues dan balls a deep dive into what the ground game in ohio looks like right now, for anyone who wants to understand county by county, region by region in ohio and hear voices of actual voters who are experiencing this election in ohio. it's one of the best pieces i've seen all year. >> you guys always bring your best. thank you for your time here on "weekends with alex whitt." headlines and breaking news as it happens. up next, "meet
you talk about a divided government and a divided country? boy, oh boy. >> oh my gosh. i poured over that one. i'm right there with you. what about yours? >> i have a piece in the "new republic" about tag romney. i believe that family members should be left out of the discussion in terms of a demeaning personal stories or what it says about the candidate. but there's something about the romney family history and the wealth they have and the advantages it's given them that...
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think about the auto bailout and the lower unemployment rate there, and i think there is a reward for obama for the sense among those voters that things are getting a little better here than maybe they otherwise would be. >> in a state that feels like it has not been than the country economically for a while, and you cannot understate how important the auto bailout political dynamic has been there. last week after she squabbled over exactly what romney said about the bailout in his op-ed, that was the most viewed "new york times" op-ed. the romney campaign is trying to project strength in ohio. john kasich came out and said romney will win ohio, but the tactics really speak and are telling a different story. they released an ad that is highly misleading. i'd love to play just that install clip of thatted. >> mitt romney has a plan to help the auto industry. he is supported by lee iacocca and the troy news. obama took gm and chrysler to bankruptcy and sold chrysler to italens that will make jeeps in china. >> chrysler is not moving production to china. in fact, they are expanding u.s. produc
think about the auto bailout and the lower unemployment rate there, and i think there is a reward for obama for the sense among those voters that things are getting a little better here than maybe they otherwise would be. >> in a state that feels like it has not been than the country economically for a while, and you cannot understate how important the auto bailout political dynamic has been there. last week after she squabbled over exactly what romney said about the bailout in his op-ed,...
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lots of countries want to build cars. it is important for us to be able to do it too. these were all really critical interventions that probably it is hard to prove it counter-factual but probably kept the great recession from being something worse. >> this point of it being hard to count it counter fak u, yes, i know things are bad but, boy, they could have been terrible. sandy is sort of a reminder. this is how bad things can be. in this case, here you have a governor saying, thank you, mr. president for increasing access to food stamps. now, he is in war. people have more food stamps. the difference is this is a national tragedy. >> the presidential power of the purse. he is able to give money away. whether it is right, wrong, or indifferent, i am not going to eliminate that pain. i don't think you will see that as an issue they increased it. it is an issue we have 314 million americans and 46 million are using food stamps to help supplement. this is just math. the dignity that's involved in trying to get a job. we are talking about, is this election going to be abo
lots of countries want to build cars. it is important for us to be able to do it too. these were all really critical interventions that probably it is hard to prove it counter-factual but probably kept the great recession from being something worse. >> this point of it being hard to count it counter fak u, yes, i know things are bad but, boy, they could have been terrible. sandy is sort of a reminder. this is how bad things can be. in this case, here you have a governor saying, thank you,...
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and as you know it, the obama rallies, they're shouting four more years, four more years. and i just heard you, we're shoit shouting four more days. we're so very grateful to you and to people frankly across the country, for all that you've done, all that they've done to give yourself to their campaign. and as you know, this is not just about paul and me. this is about america. it's about the future we're going to leave to our children. we thank you and we ask you to stay at it all the way to the finish line. because we're going to win on tuesday night. >> you happen, the closing hours of a campaign have all the dynamic of their own. a lot of voters have known for some time who they're going to vote for. but there are others just now putting aside the demands of their daily lives and considering how their vote will affect their lives and the lives of their children. and we asked them and you to look beyond the speeches and the attacks and the ads. look to the records, to the accomplishments and the failures. and the judgments. words are cheap. a record is real and it's ear
and as you know it, the obama rallies, they're shouting four more years, four more years. and i just heard you, we're shoit shouting four more days. we're so very grateful to you and to people frankly across the country, for all that you've done, all that they've done to give yourself to their campaign. and as you know, this is not just about paul and me. this is about america. it's about the future we're going to leave to our children. we thank you and we ask you to stay at it all the way to...
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. >> we have heavy hearts as you know with all the suffering going on in a major part of our country. >> primary life safety and then we'll start getting to the critical frsk. >> we're in the middle of hurricane sandy, and we have no studio audience. >> president obama said that americans should take warnings about hurricane sandy seriously. step one, give it a name other than sandy. your like i can't believe this. >> we felt like we would be putting the audience at jeopardy if they had to sit through the show, and i said, hell, we've been doing that for 30 years. >> calmly said, i have to go back right now, this storm is getting out of hand. i have to handle it, and i said, mr. president, that is the right call. >> he's doing the job a president should be doing. >> the storm goes on, i have had the chance to speak with some of the governors in the affected areas. >> fema is about to run out of money and there are some people who say the states should take on more of this role. >> if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. >> the final jobs
. >> we have heavy hearts as you know with all the suffering going on in a major part of our country. >> primary life safety and then we'll start getting to the critical frsk. >> we're in the middle of hurricane sandy, and we have no studio audience. >> president obama said that americans should take warnings about hurricane sandy seriously. step one, give it a name other than sandy. your like i can't believe this. >> we felt like we would be putting the audience...
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and at the same time, jimmy carter and obama are not exactly alike except philosophically to a large degree that they are. so that election was reminiscent of this one. here's what's changed. it's inescapable now. it's on the air 24/7. on our cable, on their cable, on local access. it's especially on the screen behind me, the computer screen. you can't sign on in the morning to go to your favorite web site without getting some kind of political dialogue. so i think people feel like they are caught in a tsunami of information, not all of it advancing their understanding of how they can best make a decision on behalf of their family and behalf of their country. a lot of it seems to be kind of campaign noise. that's what's different. >> we have so many polls, tom. they seem to be coming from every which angle, every which organization. how much do you think polling affects the way people will vote? >> not much. i think it may reassure some people who have made their decisions. but in the polls that we're seeing now, you have to be a much more educated consumer. which ones hold up? i was
and at the same time, jimmy carter and obama are not exactly alike except philosophically to a large degree that they are. so that election was reminiscent of this one. here's what's changed. it's inescapable now. it's on the air 24/7. on our cable, on their cable, on local access. it's especially on the screen behind me, the computer screen. you can't sign on in the morning to go to your favorite web site without getting some kind of political dialogue. so i think people feel like they are...
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this whole election is the candidate -- they've got big plans, we're living in a polarized, divided country, how are you going to get anything done? and we came close two years ago, i'm not totally persuaded if they tried that again, which is really what i think obama envisions they'd do any better than they did last time. i think we'd probably kick the can down the road. with romney, he does what the market demands. and the market is not demanding a tea party president. so i think he'd shift over toward the middle where i personally think that's where his soul is, so to be honest, i'm guessing about that. >> we're all guessing about that. what is so interesting to us certainly to me is that he didn't go to the center like nixon always says you go to the center in a general election when most candidates do. at the convention, he waited till that first debate and certainly in the third debate he completely blew apart this perception of mitt romney as hard right neo conservative. >> and you know, if you think he's an opportunist, and i'm not sure he totally is, but if you think he is, he's go
this whole election is the candidate -- they've got big plans, we're living in a polarized, divided country, how are you going to get anything done? and we came close two years ago, i'm not totally persuaded if they tried that again, which is really what i think obama envisions they'd do any better than they did last time. i think we'd probably kick the can down the road. with romney, he does what the market demands. and the market is not demanding a tea party president. so i think he'd shift...
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he's sort of the fifth guy in this game of campaigning all around the country today. take a listen a little bit. then we'll go to break. >> senator richard luger. their most important authority on foreign affairs. and he attacked libya for cooperating with president obama on the nation's security. he said, you know, his happiest day was when he could impose his opinion on someone else and he wanted to bring more partisanship to washington. and essentially what president obama is saying, look at me. i'm always going to work with the republicans. i worked with governor christie in new jersey on sandy. i tried to work with them on a budget. i tried to work with them on health care. and what they say is, we'll work with the democrats if you put us in charge. now that's the message. you have to decide whether you think that's a good message. i mean, i was watching this -- this storm has been tough on me being out on the road. i was in ohio and wisconsin yesterday. i'll be in florida today, north carolina, and virginia tomorrow. but my neighbors are all without power. my da
he's sort of the fifth guy in this game of campaigning all around the country today. take a listen a little bit. then we'll go to break. >> senator richard luger. their most important authority on foreign affairs. and he attacked libya for cooperating with president obama on the nation's security. he said, you know, his happiest day was when he could impose his opinion on someone else and he wanted to bring more partisanship to washington. and essentially what president obama is saying,...